11-Dec-2004 -- On December 10, my wife Maria Antonieta Vera and I left from Tulancing, Hgo, we spent the rest of the day in Tuxpan, Ver. The next day we left towards the confluence taking the road to Tampico, Tamps.

We took a dirt road that connects Ozuluama Ver. and Carbono which is, acording to the map, the closest route putting you at just 2.5km from the confluence. We got to a cattle ranch owned by Francisco Regalet a very kind person that, after a breif explanation, allowed us to enter his ranch, but the confluence is not in this property.

The GPS pointed to the South and West. We had to do 1.3 km accross the field with a machete in hand for over 3 hours. It was the most terrifying experience I had ever experienced and made me realize how fragile is the human being under these adverse conditions. At one pooint the machete slipped out of my hand and hit Tony, fortunately with the handle and not the blade. I felt like dieing and we decided to go back, but after what we had gone through we regained our courage and finally made it. It took us 5 hours to get there and back but it was worth it ... even if we had to take some 10 ticks from each one of us.
This is a very pretty journey, specially the dirt road, even if it is bad for your health.